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Here's how to build a grid generator using Less CSS that can be easily configured to give any number of required columns and spacing.

Having been initially enthused by the idea of LESS CSS, then horrified and totally against it, I now find myself using it for every site I build and enjoying it more and more. Even doing small amounts of work in plain CSS, such as a print stylesheet, feels awkward and clumsy in comparison.

Despite my acceptance, I still have cautionary advice to dispense regarding its use. Here then are some thoughts on how to organise your LESS files.

We run a lot of projects at work and increasingly over the last few years we've been using LESS to create the CSS on them. While this is great for us front end developers, it has thrown up a surprising problem for those who are responsible for actioning pull requests through git. Here's some thoughts on a very specific problem.